Means for and method of producing a newspaper having news and tabloid sections



Sept. 14, 1937.

J. KAS 2,092,977 MEANS FOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A NEWSPAPER HAVINGNEWS AND TABLOID SECTIONS Filed Aug. 18, 1934 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENT()R.

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MEANS FOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A NEWSPAPER HAVING NEWS AND TABLOIDSECTIONS Filed Aug. 18, 1934 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR.

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Patented Sept. 14, 1937 UNITE STATES MEANS FR AND METHOD 0F PBODUCING ANEWSPAPER HAVING NEWS ANDA TAB- LOID SECTIONS John Kaster, Tampa, Fla.,assignor to The Duplex Printing Press Company, Battle Creek, Mich.

Application August 18, 1934, Serial No. 740,377

10 Claims.

The objects of the invention are:

First, to produce a rotary printing press such as is used for printingnewspapers to produce separate tabloid and news sections completelyassembled in the completed newspaper as it passes from the press.

Second, to provide such an apparatus that automatically prints, foldsand assembles separate news and tabloid sections in a newspaper.

Third, to provide such a device that is simple in construction and maybe cheaply made.

Fourth, to provide a device that can be installed on any press toproduce a like result.

Fifth, to produce such an apparatus that is especially adapted to use ona two page Wide press of the class stated.

Sixth, to provide a method of producing a newspaper having independenttabloid and news sections.

Seventh, to provide a, method of producing such a paper in which thesections are separate but assembled together atthe completion of theoperation without the necessity for inserting the tabloid section byhand into the news section.

Other objects and advantages pertaining todetails of construction andoperation will appear from the description to follow. A preferredembgdiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a rotary newspaper pressshowing my improved apparatus installed.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Such a press partly in section showing theformer and folder mechanisms and their relationship to my apparatus andmethod.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view in perspective showing the application ofmy method to the production of a newspaper.

Fig. 4 is a top plan View of my apparatus installed on a press.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a completed newspaper made on myapparatus and according to my method.

In carrying out my invention, I make certain changes in the ordinaryrotary printing press of the type used for producing newspapers. Theinvention is especially app-licable to the ordinary two page widenewspaper press. Such a press 50 is one in which newspaper size pagesare printed on continuous webs of paper, Athe webs being of such widththat two rows of pages are printed thereon with the columns extendinglongitudinally of the web. In the drawings I illustrate 55 such a press.

I is the frame thereof. cylinders, of which there may be a plurality, aswill be understood by those skilled in the art. As the specific printingmeans do not form any part of my invention, I have illustrated themconventionally.

3, 4, 5, 6, 'I and 8 are Webs of paper that are fed through the printingpress by the usual feeding mechanism. 9 is the drag roll over which theWebs are fed to the former I0. 'Ihe former is of usual constructionconsisting of a triangular form over which the paper is passed andhaving the apex so arranged that as the web of paper passes thereover itis folded centrally. This forms what is known as the opening fold of anews size paper which is the fold between pairs of pages.

As the webs passfrom the former Ill theyare fed to nipping rolls I2 andfrom there to the cut off which is conventional, comprising the usualcutting cylinder I3 having a cutting knife I4 cooperating with a rolll5. The cutter is arranged to cut off along the upper and lower edges ofthe news size sheets to produce a fiat newspaper. The folding mechanismfor making the half page fold in the newspaper is conventional,comprising the pins I6 on the roller I5 for piercing the sheet andcarrying it around the roller and the folding tucker blades II which op-I erate to force the severed newspaper I8 between the folding rolls I9,thus forming the half page or carrier fold, which is the transverse foldordinarily made in the newspaper for convenience in handling.

After the folded paper is passed fromthe rolls I9, it is received by theusual distributing device 20 which deposits it on delivery belt 2l, asis shown in Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention, the press is set up so that the top web 3is printed with tabloid pages in two rows with the columns runningtransversely of the web. These tabloid pages are half the size of theordinary newsv page. A tabloid section of eight pages can be producedVby printing merely on the web 3. If a larger size tabloid section isdesired, the next web down is printed with tabloid pages and the rest ofthe webs are printed with ordinary news size pages, depending entirelyupon the size of paper desired. In carrying out my invention, the web 3having the tabloid pages printed thereon and any other webs havingtabloids thereon are passed to a slitting roll 22 which is locatedbetween the printing rolls 2 and the former I0. A slitting 2 are theprinting paper and separating the pages;

knife 23 is provided to slit the web into halves as it passes over theroll 22. The roll 22 is driven by bevel gears 24 and 25, through shaft26, bevel gears 2l, 28, shaft 29, and the chain of gears 3Q, 3l and 32,all of which are operated from the drive of the press. Means areprovided for transferring the half of the slit web over andsuperimposing it upon the other half of such slit web. For this purposeI provide angle bars 33 and 34 which are of usual construction. Intransferring the slit half of the web and superimposing it upon theother, care is taken to see that the pages are in register and to thisend I provide a compensator 35 comprising adjustable pivoted arms 36 androller 31. Any suitable compensator could be employed.

The split web having the tabloid pages printed thereon, which pages areindicated by the numeral 38, then pass to the roll Si over the webshaving the news pages, which pages are indicated at I I. Care is takento register the tabloid pages with the news pages so that two pages oftabloid register with single news pages with the columns in the tabloidpages running perpendicular to the columns in the news pages. In orderto place the tabloid section on top of the news section, I have placedthe roll 2 2 at the top ofthe press to take the webs having the tabloidpages printed thereon and the tabloid pages are printed only on theupper webs. It will be appreciated that the results could be obtained inother ways and I do not wish to be limited to this specific arrangement.The webs containing the news pages pass to the former lli with the splitwebs lying upon and along one side thereof, so that as the sheets allpass over the former the opening fold is formed in the news webs withoutfolding the tabloid webs by folding the news'web away from the tabloidwebs and downwardly, as indicated. The webs then pass through the nipperrolls l2 to the cutter and are severed at the edges of the news pages,thus forming a flat newspaper having a news section with a tabloidsection alongside. The web then passes to the folding mechanism I9andthe rolls form the half page fold in the news section whilesimultaneously forming the opening fold in the tabloid section, thetabloid section being folded within the news section.

It will thus be seen that bya single operation the tabloid section isfolded while the half page fold is made in the news section and thetabloid is folded within the news section, making a unit of the paper sothat the sections will not become separated during handling. The tabloidsection is, however, folded within the news section as an independentunit and can be easily removed by a reader of the paper without openingup the The arrangement is indicated in Fig. 5, the tabloid sectionindicated at di] and the news section at lil. The folded newspaper isdelivered from the folder to the belt 2i and is passed on to bedelivered as desired.

4Although I have indicated a specific arrangement for forming thetabloid section within the news section, it will be understood thatother means could be employed to attain like results and I do not wishto be limited in my invention to the specic means shown.

Having `thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: l .Y

1. In a two page wide newspaper press, the combination of means forcontinuously feeding aplurality of webs of paper of the same width,means for printing a double row of news size pages on one of said webswith the columns extending lengthwise of said web, means for printing adouble row of tabloid size pages on another of said webs with thecolumns running transversely of said web, means for assembling thetabloid and news webs to form the complete newspaper with the tabloidwebs outermost prior to the passage of the webs to the former comprisingmeans for slitting the tabloid web in half, means for superimposing onehalf of said tabloid web on the other half with the pages in registerand for placing said halves on and along one edge of said news web withpairs of tabloid pages whereby said webs forming the complete paper arefed together with the tabloid webs outermost in register with singlenews pages, a single former following said last named means forcentrally folding said news web with the tabloid webs thereon in adirection away from the halves of said superimposed tabloid web to formthe opening fold of said news web without folding or enfolding thetabloid webs, means for simultaneously severing said assembled webstransversely at the edges of said news pages to form a newspaper havinga news section and a tabloid section, and a folder for simultaneouslyfolding said news section and said tabloid section with the news sectionenfolding said tabloid section, whereby the opening fold in the tabloidsection and the half sheet fold in the news section are formedsimultaneously whereby a completed newspaper is formed consisting of a'separate inner tabloid section enfolded in a separate news section,whereby the tabloid section can be readily removed as a unit withoutdisarranging the news section.

2. In a newspaper press, the combination of means for producing a web ofpaper having thereon a double row of news size pages with the columnsextending lengthwise of said web, means for producing a second web ofpaper having thereon a double row of tabloid size pages with the columnsrunning transversely of said web, means for assembling the tabloid andnews webs to form the complete newspaper with the tabloid webs outermostprior to the passage of the webs to the former comprising means forslitting the tabloid web in half, means for superimposing one half ofsaid tabloid web on the other half with the pages in register and forplacing said halves on and along one edge of said news web with pairs oftabloid pages in register with single news pages whereby said websforming the complete paper are fed together with the tabloid websoutermost, a single former following said v last named means forcentrally folding said news web with the tabloid webs thereon in adirection away from the halves of said superimposed tabloid web to formthe opening fold of said news web without folding or enfolding thetabloid webs, means for simultaneously severing said assembled webstransversely at the edges of said news pages to form a newspaper havinga news section and a tabloid section, and a folder for simultaneouslyfolding said news section and said tabloid section with the news sectionenfolding said tabloid section, whereby the vopening fold in the tabloidsection and the half sheet fold'in the news section are formedsimultaneously'whereby a completed newspaper is formed consisting of aseparate inner tabloid section enfolded in a separate news section,whereby the tabloid section can `be readily removed as a unit withoutdisarranging the news section.

3. In a newspaper press, the combination of means for producing a web ofpaper having thereon a double row of news size pages with the co1- umnsextending lengthwise of said web, means for producing a web of paperhaving thereon a row of tabloid size pages with the columns runningtransversely of said web, means for assembling the tabloid and news websto form the complete newspaperv with the tabloid web outermost prior tothe passage of the webs to the former comprising means for placing saidtabloid web on and along one edge of said news web with pairs of tabloidpages in register with single news pages whereby said webs forming thecomplete paper are fed together with the tabloid web outermost, a singleformer following said last named means for centrally folding said newsweb with the tabloid web thereon in a direction away from saidsuperimposed tabloid web to form the opening fold of said news webwithout folding or enfolding the tabloid web, means for simultaneouslysevering said assembled webs transversely at thev edges of said newspages to form a newspaper having a news section and a tabloid section,and a folder for simultaneously folding said news section and saidtabloid section with the newspaper section enfolding said tabloidsection, whereby the opening fold in the tabloid section and the halfsheet fold in the news section are formed simultaneously whereby acompleted newspaper is formed consisting of a separate inner tabloidsection enfolded in a separate news section, whereby the tabloid sectioncan be readily removed as a unit without disarranging the news section.

4. In a two page wide rotary printing press having means for feeding aplurality of webs of paper, printing cylinders, a former to make theopening fold, a cut off and a folder to make half page folds, thecombination of a slitter roll located between the printing cylinders andthe former and positioned near the top of the machine to receive the topweb passing from the printing cylinders to the former, a slitter forsaid slitter roll adapted to slit a web of paper fed to said slitterroll, means for assembling the slit and unslit webs to form a completenewspaper with the slit webs outermost prior to the passage of the websto the former comprising angle bars in position to superimpose a portionof such slit web on the other portion thereof and to place said portionsof said slit web upon and along one edge of all of the other unslit websprior to their passing to the former.

5. In a rotary printing press having means for feeding a plurality ofwebs of paper, printing cylinders, a former to make the opening fold, acut olf, and a folder to make half page folds, the combination of aslitter roll located between the printing cylinders and the former andpositioned near the top of the machine to receive the top web passingfrom the printing cylinders to the former, a slitter for said slitterroll adapted to slit a web of paper fed to said slitter roll, means forassembling the slit and unslit webs to form a complete newspaper withthe slit webs outermost prior to the passage of the webs to the formercomprising angle bars in position to superimpose a portion of such slitweb on the other portion thereof and to place said portions of said slitweb upon and along one edge of all of the other unslit webs prior totheir passing to the former.

6. In a two page wide rotary printing press having means for feeding aplurality of webs of paper, printing cylinders, a former to make theopening fold, a cut 01T, and a folder to make half page folds, thecombination of a slitter roll located between the printing cylinders andthe former and positioned near the top of the machine to receive thetoppweb passing from the printing cylinders to the` former, a slitterfor said.

slitterf-'roll adapted to slit a web of paper fed to said slitter roll,means for assembling the slit and unslit webs to form a completenewspaper with the slit webs outermost prior to the passage of the websto the former comprising means in position to superimpose a portion ofsuch slit web on the other portion thereof and to place said portions ofsaid slit web upon and along one edge of all of the other unslit websprior to their passing to the former.

7. In a newspaper press having means for feeding webs of paper, printingcylinders, a former to make the opening fold, a out off, and a folder tomake half page folds, the combination of a slitter roll located betweenthe printing cylinders and the former, a slitter for said slitter rolladapted to slit a web of paper fed to said slitter roll, means forassembling the slit and unslit webs to form a complete newspaper withthe slit webs outermost prior to the passage of the webs to the formercomprising means in position to Superimpose a portion of such slit webonthe other portion thereof and to place said portions of said slit webupon and along one edge of all of the other unslit webs prior to theirpassing to said former and on the side thereof that is folded inwardlyby the folder.

8. The method of forming a newspaper having separate news and tabloidsections comprising producing a web having a double row of news sizepages with columns extending lengthwise of said web, producing a secondweb of similar size away from the halves of said tabloid web to form theopening fold of said news web, severing said assembled webssimultaneously at the edge of said news pages to form a newspaper havinga news section and a tabloid section, and simultaneously folding saidnews section and said tabloid section with the news section enfoldingsaid tabloid section to produce the opening fold in the tabloid sectionand the half sheet fold in the news section simultaneously, whereby thetabloid section can be readily removed as a unit without dis`` tarranging the news section.

9. The method of forming a newspaper having separate newsand tabloidsections, comprising producing a web having a double row of news sizepages with columns extending lengthwise of said web, producing a secondweb of a width half that of the first web and having tabloid size pagesthereon with columns running transversely of said web, placing saidtabloid web on and along one edge of said news web prior to forming theopening fold of said news web and with pairs of tabloid pages inregister with single news pages, and with the tabloid pages outermostand thereafter folding said news web centrally in a direction away fromthe tabloid web to form the opening fold of said news web, severing saidassembled webs simultaneously at the edge of said news pages to formanewspaper having a news section and atabloid section, and simultaneouslyfolding said news section and said tabloid section with the news sectionenfolding said tabloid section to produce the opening fold in thetabloid section and the half sheet fold in the news section, whereby thetabloid section can be readily removed as a unit without disarrangingthe news section.

l0. The method o f making a newspaper having a separate news section anda separate tabloid section comprising feeding a plurality of webs ofpaper, slitting one of said webs in half and superimposing the halvesupon one another, placing the halves of the slit web upon and along oneedge of another of said unslit webs prior to forming the opening fold ofsaid webs and with the tabloid pages outermost and thereafter, feedingsaid superimposed webs to a former, folding the unslit web centrally ina direction away from the halves 0f the slit web to form the openingfold of a newspaper without folding said halves of the slit web,`severing page lengths from the assembled webs simultaneously,simultaneously folding the folded unslit web and the unfolded slit webwith the unslit web around the slit webs to form an ope-ning fold in theslit webs and a half page fold in the unslit web; whereby the tabloidsection can be readily removed as a unit without disarranging the newssection.

- JOHN KASTER.

